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Underground railroad
The slaves used the railroad to escape. It escorted 300 slaves to freedom. During the railroad, the slaves were in a lot of violence. -
Invention of the cotton gin
By the 19th century cotton was the leading export in the US. Throughout his project, he had the idea of the interchangeable parts. For his work, he was credited as a pioneer. http://bit.ly/1mP3yDE -
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events of the civil war
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Missouri Comprise
It was an effort to have a balance between the slave states and the free states. The comprise passed in 1820. The comprise helped the slave holders in the south. -
Comprise of 1850
1850 sectional disagreement centering on slavery were staining the bonds of the union. In one of the most famous congressional debates in American history. The comprise 1850 is composed of five statues. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S congress on May 30,1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves.The act served to repeal the Missouri comprise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north -
Bleeding Kansas
The bleeding Kansas is the period or violence. During the setting of the Kansas territory in 1854. Abolitionist John Brown led anti-slavery fighters in Kansas before his fameds raided on the Harpers Ferry -
Brooks-sumner event
was when preston brooks beats charles sumner with a cain. Senator charles Sumner was a leader of the republican party.
